Addressing-machine.



No. 654,263. 'Patentefl July 24, I900. E. G. LEWIS.

ADDRESSING MACHINE.

(Application filed Dec. 4, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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No. 654,263. Patented July 24, I900.

E. e. LEWIS.

ADDRESSING MACHINE.

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EDWARD e. LEWIS, or sr. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

ADDRESSING-MACHINE,

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To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD LEWIs; a

citizen of the United States, residing at the.

city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have in- 5 vented a certain new and useful Improvement in Addressing-Machines, of which the follow- [0 same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

improvement in an addressingmachine for ink-roll and then automatically cutting the printed paper web into suitable sheets of a desired length.

The object of this invention is to provide simple, cheap, and practical machine which will print upon a web of paper an inscription such, for instance, as the name and post-office z 5 address of a person-and then automatically feed the web of paper a suitable distance and cut it off.

The essential features of this invention reside, first, in the novel construction and ar- 0 rangement of the printing-film web second,

in the novel construction and arrangement of the automatic intermittent feed therefor; third, in the novel construction and arrange ment of the paper-web feed; fourth, in the novel construction and arrangement of the cutting mechanism, and, finally, the inven tion consists in the novel construction and arrangement of the several parts of the de-' vice, all as Will be more fully explained, and

40 afterward pointed out in the claims.

improved printing and cutting machine, the

same being taken on the indicated line 1 1 of Fig. Fig. is a side elevational view of i). a one portion of the same. Fig. 3 is a front elevational View of the same, and Fig, 4c is a horizontal sectional view ofthe same on the line 4 4:. of Fig. 1.

This invention relates to a new and useful 15 printing or impressing upon a web of paper or other suitable material inscriptions from a film web through the instrumentality of an i I Similar characters refer to similar parts throughout the severalviews.

In the drawings,'A and A represent suitable frames on which are mounted the component parts of my machine.

a B an'd'B represent suitable reels or spools, suitably arranged and journaled in, preferably, the upper portion of the frames A and A.

0 represents a combined feed and inking roller, preferably arranged about midway the distance of and somewhat below the reels B and B, saidrollerbeing arranged between and. suitably journaled in the frames A and A and providedupon one or both of its ends with spur-gears D.

E represents a web or film which is wound upon the reels Band B, said web or film be-- ing so arranged that it passes under the feed and inking rollerlO, 'so that the lower surface of the'inking roller O iscovered by said film.

F-indicates'an' ink-fountain arranged in the upper portionof the frame of. the machine and has arranged thereunder and in con junction therewith'a suitably-'journaled ink-distributing rollG,which in turn cooperates and has'peripheral contact with the combined feed and inking roller C. p

The web or film E is formed of a suitable paper compound, such as is used in mimeograph-machines, and is possessed of that property which when properly acted upon by a suitable instrument or by the bare type keys of a type-writer is so mutilated or semiperforated that ordinary printers ink or like ingredients when applied thereto by a roll or brush will cause some of said ink or ingredients to penetrate the mutilated or semiperforated portionof the film and leave a legible impression upon paper or other ma terial previously'placed thereunder. How.- ever, as this film and itsj List-mentioned properties form 'no part of my present invention a more detailed description of the same will not be given.

I-I represents a platen-roller mounted on a a suitable shaft,or,if desired,may be provided with stub shafts or trunnions at its ends, said shafts or trunnions finding hearings in the frames A and A by being permitted to pass through suitable slots a a, formed therein. This platen-roller is preferably of the same diameter as the roller 0 and is arranged therebeneath, and in its normal position is some little distance away from the same. It is provided upon its ends with spur-gears I, which are in vertical alinement with and designed to impart motion to the roller .0

when the constantly-rotating roller H is vertically adjusted, as will hereinafter be explained.

J and K represent feed-rollers mounted upon and journaled in the frame of the machine, the same being preferably vertically disposed with respect to each other and ar- 1 ranged or located about midway and in advance of the rollers O and H. One of these rollers is a constantly-driven roller, which rotates in a direction to efiect the proper forgears N on the driven roller.

Inasmuch as it is desirable, if not 'neces- 1 sary, to have the roller 0 rotate intermittently and theplaten-roller to revolve continuously, I have provided means for accomplishing the same, which consists of a suitable cam h, ar-

ranged on the shaft or trunnion of roller H,

and at a point directly beneath said cam and 1 formed on the frame A of the machine is a I projection a, so arranged as to be in the path cf the revolving cam h, and in order for said I earn to pass said projection Cl, it is necessary for the roller 11 and its carried parts to rise, 1

which it is capable of doing, as the bearings of the shaft of said roller are normally in the bottom of vertically-disposed slots at a, be.-

fore mentioned. This rising action of the continually-rotating roller H and its carried parts causes the spur-gears I, secured thereto, to mesh with the spur-gears D, secured to the roller C, and thus impart rotary motion to the same, said rotary motion, however, only lasting so long as the cam his resting upon the projection a of the frame, and when said cam h rides ofi .of said projection the roller H of its own gravity will follow until its shaft rests upon the frame at the lower end of the slot a, which movement will bring the spur-gears I out of mesh with the spur-gears D and cause the roller 0 to stop rotating. The rising of the roller H and its gears I performs an additional function to that of providing an intermittent feed of the roller C, in that it forces the web of paper L, which passes between it and the roller 0, up against the film web E, and acting as a platen causes legible impression to be imparted to the said web of paper. After effecting an impression on the web of paper L and feeding the same a desired distance I wish to out said web of paper into equal lengths or, rather, sever from the web a sheet bearing the inrpression, and inasmuch as the web of paper is constantly being fed forwardly it follows that the knife employed should also move with the paper in order to prevent said paper from bending or crumpling, which would obviousl y be undesirable, and to accomplish the desired end I have provided adequate means, as follows: 0 represents a preferably rectangular skeleton frame designed to hold stationary and movable knives o and 0, respectively, said frame 0 being supported by one member 19 of a pair of bell-crank levers P P, which bell-crank levers are pivotally mounted upon arod Q, secured at a suitable point to the frames Aand A. P represents the other member of the bell-crank lever P, the free end of which is arranged in the path of cam h, secured to the shaft of the rollerH, which cam It may be, if desired, formed integral with the cam h, but arranged at an angle thereto, as is illustrated in the drawings, it

being obvious, however, that thiscanr can be formed independently,

The movable knife 0 is provided upon its ends with ashort cylindrical portion 0", which is designed to pass through slots a", formed in the frames A and A, which slots at are arranged eccentrically to the pivot-point of the bell-crank lever P, and by such eccentric relation of these slots (1" relative to the pivotpoint of said bell-crank lever the movable knife 0' is held away from the stationary knife 0 while the web of paper L is being fed therethrough, said knives and their component parts beingheld in such position through the instrnmentality of a preferably coiled expansible spring S, one end of which is secured to the frame of the machine and the other to the bell-crank lever P.

The operati n of thedevic just d scribe is as follows: When it is desired to print or impress upon a web of paper the inscriptions on the film web E, the latter is woundupon the rear reel B of the maehine, passed under the roller 0, and then started upon the spindle of the forward reel B. The roller 0, which has been previously coated with ink from the fountain F through the instrumentali t of the distributingoller G, now presents a coat of ink to the upper face of the film E. 'lhe w h p p r is n passed e he P a-t nroller H and between the feed-rollers J and K and the knives o and o and power then a plied to the roller H, which power ca11$9 ii. 6 S m o t and h ough he instrl mene tality of a belt T rotary motion in the same direction is imparted to the feed-roller K, i h in n rotat s th l e J and effects the proper feed of the web of paper. When the roller H has made a portion of arevolut o t e m h i or d aga ns h t tionary projection a, which action causes the rollerI-I and its carried parts to move upwardly and force the web of paper L against the film E on the roller 0, thereby causing the ink upon the roller 0 to be forced threngh the mutilated portion of said film onto the web of paper. Simultaneously with this action the spur-gears on the roller H havingbeen brought into mesh with the spur-gears on the roller 0 by the upward movement of the former, the roller 0 is caused to make a portion of a revolution the length of which is determined by the length of time the cam h is in contact with the stationary projection a or by the number of degrees of a revolution it takes for the cam h to pass said projection. After this cam 7t has passed the projection a, the rollerI-I and its carried parts will of their own gravity fall away from the roller 0, thus releasing the spur-gearing and permitting the roller 0 to stop rotating, the roller H and the feed-rollers J and K, however, continuing to rotate and feed the web of paper, and at the proper time the cam h on the shaft of the roller H will cooperate with the member Pof the bell-crank lever P, forcing said bell-crank lever outwardly and slightly downwardly against the tension of the spring S, which movement of said bell-crank lever causes the movable knife which cooperates with the cam-slots a of the frame of the machine to move toward the stationary knife and sever the web of paper. It will be understood that while the movable knife 0is moving toward the stationaryknife both knives and theirsupports are movingin a direction with the travelof the web of paper, and the severing or cutting action takes place during such travel, thereby preventing the bending or crumpling of said paper. After a suitable length of paperhas been cut from the web the same may be caused to fall upon a suitable support or shelf U'or deposited into a box or basket, as desired.

'The web of paper L is preferably drawn from a roll mounted upon a suitable reel located at any convenient place near the machine.

I am aware that minor changes in the arrangement, construction, and combination of several parts of my device can bemade and substituted for those herein shown and described without in the least departing from the nature and principle of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. In a device of the character described, the combination with a continuous mutilated film, of spools or reels on which the same is wound, means for causing the intermittent feed of said mutilated film, an inking-roller under which said film passes for forcing ink or like ingredients through the mutilations of said film onto a web of paper to be printed upon, and means for effecting the continuous feed of said web ofpaper through the machine; substantially as described.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination with a continuous mutilated film, of means for intermittently feeding said film, a web of paper, means for continuously feeding said web of paper through the machine, an inking-roller cooperating with the film for forcing ink or like ingredients through 3. In a device of the character described,

the combination with a frame, of reels mounted thereon, of an ink-roller, a mutilated film wound upon said reels and passing around one portion of said ink-roller, means for supplying ink to 'said ink-roller, means for in-' termittently feeding said mutilated film and its supportingreels and its ink-roller, a Web of paper, a platen-roller over which said web of paper passes, means for continuously feedin g said web of paper, and means for forcing said platen-roller against said ink-roller, in order to cause said web of paper to be pressed against said mutilated film to make an impression on the former; substantially as described.

4. In a device of the character described, the combination with an ink-roller, of a spurgear arranged thereon, a mutilated film which passes around one side of said ink-roller, a reel upon which said mutilated film is wound, a platen-roller, a spur-gear arranged thereon, said platen-roller and its carried spur-gear being normally out of contact with said inkroller and its carried spur-gear, means for constantly rotating said platen-roller, a web of paper which passes over said platen-roller, means for continually feeding said web of paper, a cam arranged on said platen-roller, and a stationary projection arranged in the path of said cam, whereby, when said cam is brought into contact with said projection, the platen-roller and its carried parts are caused to move toward the ink-roller and cause the paper web to be pressed against the mutilated film to effect an impression and simultaneously cause the spur-gear on said platen roller to mesh with the spur-gear on the inkroller and cause the latter to rotate until the cam 011 the platen-roller passes'the stationary projection, after which said platen-roller will fall to its normal position and cause its carried spur-gear to be brought out of mesh with the spur-gear on the ink-roller and permit the latter to cease rotating; substantially as described.

5. In a device of the character described,

the combination with a supporting-frame having slots formed therein,of aplaten-roller provided with trunnions which pass through said slots, a cam arranged on said platen-roller, a stationary projection in the path of rotation of said cam, a mutilated film arranged above said platen-roller, an inking device arranged on one side of said mutilated film, a web of paper which passes over said platen-roller, a roller for continuously feeding said web of paper, a lever pivotally mounted on said supporting-frame, means carried by said lever for supporting knives, a cam arranged on said platen' roller for cooperating with, and rocking, said lever, and means for causing said knives to sever a sheet of paper from the Web which passes in juxtaposition thereto; substantially as described.

6. The combination with a film having formed thereon mutilated characters, of a continuous web of paper, means for moving said continuous web constantly through the machine, devices for forcing ink or like in gredients through the mutilations of said film onto said continuous web, mechanism for intermittently feeding said mutilated film, and knife or shear blades for severing the continuous web into predetermined lengths; substantially as described.

7. The combination with the main frame of a machine of the character described, of a shaft carrying an ink-roller, a mutilated film passing under said roller, a vertically-movable platen over which passes a continuous strip of paper, means for constantly rotating said vertically-movable platen, mechanism for intermittently raising and lowering said platen into and out of contact with the inking-roller, a supporting-frame secured to the main framing of the machine, a lever pivoted to said frame, a knife-frame carried by said lever, a cam arranged on the shaft of the vertically-movable platen-roller for rocking said lever, stationary and movable knives arranged in said knife-frame, and projections on the movable knife extending into slots in said supporting-frame, for efiecting the movement of said movable knife; substantially as described.

8. The combination with mechanism for constantly feeding a strip of paper to be printed upon, a printing-strip normally out of engagement with the strip of paper to be printed upon, inking devices cooperating with said strip, and mechanism for imparting an intermittent movement in the same direction as the movement of the strip to be printed upon and coincidently with the period of printing cont-act; substantially as described.

9. The combination with mechanism for constantly feeding a continuous strip of paper, of a printing device in the form of a continuous strip arranged in juxtaposition thereto, and means for moving said printing-strip only during the period of printing contact; substantially as described.

10. The combination with mechanism for constantly feeding a continuous strip of paper, of a printing device in the form of a perforated sheet or strip in juxtaposition to said first-mentioned strip, and means for engaging the feeding mechanism with the printing mechanism, whereby said printing devices are moved in the direction of the impressionreceiving strip during such time as the printing device is in proper position to make an impression; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses, this 18th day of November, 1899.

EDWARD G. LEWIS.

Witnesses:

WM. H. Soorr, A. S. GRAY. 

